A GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEER: The letters of George Hennell from the Peninsular War 1812-1813.
Edited by Michael Glover. Foreword by General Sir Antony Reid. Pp. [viii]+382(last blank), 12 plates, text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendices, index; med. 8vo; bound by Zaehnsdorf of London in full black morocco, the spine lettered in gilt compartments between gilt decorated raised bands, binder's device in gilt on a small red morocco onlay near foot of spine, upper board decorated in gilt, the boards with gilt rule border and edges, a.e.g.; red moire silk endpapers, dentelles decorated in gilt; within a fleece lined black cloth slipcase, which is slightly silverfished; the original dust wrapper bound in at end; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper; Heinemann, London, 1979. First edition, being one of 25 copies thus bound, signed by the Editor and by Sir Antony Reid on the half-title page. *Born about 1785, Hennell joined Wellington's army in the Peninsula as a volunteer and served through the campaigns of 1812-13. His letters home (most previously unpublished), provide a detailed account of everyday life in the field and camp. Item #171989
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